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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Clarence Brantley from?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Texas.
(d) Colorado.

2. In the late nineteenth century, who were responsible for getting the mentally ill out of prison?
(a) Millie Davis and Reverend Jeff Erickson.
(b) Louise Ransom and Reverend Scott Andrews.
(c) Dorothea Dix and Reverend Louis Dwight.
(d) Peggy Andrews and Reverend David Scott.

3. In the 1990s, what deinstitutionalization rate did several states have?
(a) 66 percent.66%.
(b) 73%.
(c) More than 80%.
(d) More than 95%.

4. How much was paid to Bill Hooks by Sheriff Tate?
(a) $250.
(b) $3,500.
(c) $7,500.
(d) $5,000.

5. In 1999, how many people were executed in the United States?
(a) 103.
(b) 84.
(c) 98.
(d) 71.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what drug did Stevenson say was misused in many mental institutions?

2. Who was the judge who dismissed all charges against McMillian?

3. Where did O'Connor move to in Chapter 11?

4. At the time of McMillian's release how many states, in addition to the District of Columbia, had laws authorizing compensation to people who were wrongly incarcerated?

5. When did "The New York Times" attempt to raise money to defend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. against perjury charges in Alabama?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Bernard Harcourt's background?

2. Why did McMillian have to quit his logging business?

3. What was Michael O'Connor's background?

4. What was eventually discovered about the doctor who declared George Daniel sane to stand trial for murder?

5. What were conditions like at Tutwiler Prison?

6. What was Joe Sullivan indicted for and why?

7. In Chapter 7, what did Stevenson bring up in the brief he filed?

8. Why was George Stinney executed?

9. Why was Marsha Colbey charged with capital murder?

10. What law was passed in Alabama in 2006 and what were its ramifications?

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